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Top ten matchup: Purde Boilermakers at Michigan State Spartans

Purdue's Chris Kramer celebrates as Purdue jumps to the lead against Ohio State in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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27 days ago: Purdue's Chris Kramer celebrates as Purdue jumps to the lead against Ohio State in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in West Lafayette, Ind., Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Da’Rick Rogers-Bacarri Rambo war of words (and other stuff)

10:00 pm February 7, 2010, by Tim Tucker

Oct. 9 continues to loom larger. That’s the date of the Georgia-Tennessee football game, which became the most compelling on UGA’s 2010 schedule the moment Derek Dooley was named the Vols’ coach. Now, there’s the added storyline of Da’Rick Rogers, the Calhoun High wide receiver who broke a 7-month commitment to Georgia to sign with Tennessee last week, potentially playing against the Dogs and encountering UGA safety Bacarri Rambo.

Rogers and Rambo have been going at it a bit on Facebook and Twitter since last week.

It started with a Facebook status update by Rambo, who wrote: "Bacarri Rambo thinks [it] is messed up how all of UGA high school commitments back out on us but I’m telling you now when I catch you on the field I’m going to knock fire from you."

Rogers responded Saturday on Twitter: "Who is Bacarri Rambo?"

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The Record of Wrongs: Vanderbilt Commodores

Hear ye, hear ye. It's time for Tennessee Volunteer fans across the interwebosphere to gather for the ceremonial reading of the Record of Wrongs, a litany of the offenses committed by the Vanderbilt Commodores.

Totally true

  • January 27, 2010: Vanderbilt 85, Tennessee 76. The 'Dores outswaggered the Vols on their own floor, instigating both double technicals and multiple technicals, causing the officials to call what seemed like a thousand fouls and ruining an exceptional night from J.P. Prince.
  • January, 2008: Vanderbilt coach Kevin Stallings called Bruce Pearl an "idiot a------." He apparently didn't like the whole shirtless, paint-your-chest thing.
  • February 26, 2008: The Commodores stole the Vols' only No. 1 ranking in the history of the program. Tennessee climbed to No. 1 after the Pearlfection game and just three days later, lost by three points to Vandy and their crazy court.
  • That loss to Vandy I just mentioned? Rigged. I give the floor to the esteemed Fulmer's Belly for the recap:

    Seriously though, just in case you guys didn’t get the memo, here’s the officiating rundown for the game.

    1. First off, we’ve got Tennessee. Whenever they do anything… like say, pointing? That’s a foul.Yep, if they’re wearing any kind of orange, and do anything to even get CLOSE to anyone wearing a white jersey, go ahead and blow your whistle. In fact, when orange has the ball, just breathe through your whistle. It’ll just be easier, mmkay?

    2. Next up, we’ve got Vandy’s side of the ref’s manual. If white does anything to orange, see if there is any way to foul orange. If it looks too too TOO bad, go ahead and don’t call anything. I know, it might seem weird, especially if people are being tackled to the ground, but still, trust me, it’s better to not blow any whistles, because you want to save the ‘ole cork ball for orange (see point 1).

  • January 10, 2007: "In a game that was not televised (ARGHHH!), Tennessee lost to Vandy (ARGHHH!) at the buzzer (ARGHHH!)  81-82 (arghh)."
  • February 26, 2008: Vandy 72, Tennessee 69, the Vols' sole loss from January 26 to March 9 of that year.
  • Resembles a muppet.

Totally fabricated, but TRUE!

  • A.J. Ogilvy is the mysterious voice of Geico's gecko. In fact, he does all of the Australian voice overs as he's the only one in the country who actually talks like that. Thank the blue blood education and a bevy of secret society boosters for the monetization of a speech defect.
  • Back in 2003, an overzealous engineering student in the Vanderbilt student section threw an eight-pound encyclopedia (he got help from a friend and they both used a lever) at Chris Lofton as he was heading for the locker room at halftime. Fortunately, Duke Crews was there to intercept it. He ate the thing and vomited it back out onto the entire section. Let that be a lesson to ya, kids.
  • In 2002, Commodore fans hired Cletus T. Judd to sing his entire catalog of country parodies during the Vols' pre-game walk-through. American Psychology Today later devoted an entire issue to analyzing Judd, who fortunately was never seen in public again.

What have I missed, Vol fans?

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Lawvol over at Gate 21 is locking it up. He's been an active community member at RTT and a true friend to all of us here behind the scenes as well. Be sure to head over and say farewell and to say howdy and bookmark/subscribe to his new digs at Vol Nation.

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FINISH THEM!!! Lady Vols Beat Vanderbilt 69-60 on Late Surges

If you want to be a champion, you have to win the ugly ones.  You also have to finish strong.  Tonight, the Lady Vols did both.

Tennessee - Vanderbilt has silently grown into a very emotional rivalry in women's basketball.  Though Tennessee has won 19 of the last 20 meetings, the games of late have been close, aggressive contests, and Vanderbilt's lone win in that span came last year.  Vanderbilt is loaded with juniors and seniors who are very talented in their own right and who dearly want to prove themselves against Summitt's gals.

For much of the night, Tennessee was stymied on the defensive end by Vanderbilt's quickness off the dribble.  The Commodores gave up a significant amount of height to the Lady Vols, so they used their agility to find driving lanes to basket all night long.  (Pat Summitt, by the way, has her teaching point:  put more effort against the dribble drive.  Tomorrow will be a very busy practice.)

But the biggest difference between last year and this yeas was on display for the Lady Vols:  the ability to push through adversity and finish strong.

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Lady Vols vs. Lady Commodores at 9 PM: Live Game Thread

(Feel free to keep the game on in the background while you listen to our podcast at 9 PM!)

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 Position Name  Experience  Height PPG RPG APG
lady vols logo Angie Bjorklund  Jr  6-0 14.8 2.9 2.5
Kamiko Williams Fr  5-11 4.6 2.0 2.0
Glory Johnson  So  6-3 12.0 8.5 1.1
G-F  Shekinna Stricklen  So  6-2 12.7 6.2 3.8
Kelley Cain  So  6-6 9.5 7.4 1.4
vanderbilt logo G Meredith Marsh Sr 5-6 14.6 3.6 3.3
G Jence Rhoads Jr 5-11 13.0 3.1 5.5
F Hannah Tuomi Jr 6-1 9.5 5.6 1.3
F Tiffany Clarke Fr 6-0 9.2 5.9 0.5
G Lauren Leuders Sr 5-8 8.4 3.9 1.8

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RTT podcast tonight at 9:00 EST: The Boise perspective on Justin Wilcox

Join us tonight as we talk about Tennessee's new defensive coordinator, Justin Wilcox. We'll be talking with Drew Roberts of SB Nation's Boise St. Broncos blog OBNUG.

 

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This is why you never leave early: cheap tacos < 23-point comeback

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